Figured toy



April 23, 1931.

' C. A. NETZELL FIGURED TOY Filed Oct. s1, 1928.

ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 28, 1931 UNITED STATES CLARE A. WE'IZELL, OFSTERLING, ILLINOIS FIGURED TOY Application filed October 31, 1928.Serial No. 316,307.

This invention relates to certain novel improvements in figured toys andhas for its principal object the provision of an improved constructionof this character which will be simple in operation and economical inmanufacture.

The salient object of my invention is to provide a toy which will bemounted upon a wheel bearing body and which will be so arranged that afigure may be caused to be reciprocated in and out of a structure on thesupporting member.

Another object of the invention is to so a1- range the mechanism thatthe figure may be reciprocated by movement imparted thereto from wheelsof the supporting structure as the same is caused to move on saidwheels.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of partsto be here inafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing, showing the preferred form of construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of a preferred embodiment of myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 22on Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view;

at is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 4el onFig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmental view similar to Fig. 4 depicting a modified formof construction. In the accompanying drawing wherein I have illustrateda preferred form of construction for my device, 10 indicates asupporting body which is in the form of a platform. Sc cured to theunder side of the platform 10 adjacent the front and rear ends thereofare substantially U-shape brackets 11 and 12 which have thebight-portions thereof secured to the under side of the platform 10 sothatthey will extend transversely thereacross and preferably though notnecessarily the depending limb portions of these members are arrangedparallel with the edges of the plat form 10. The bracket 11 carries anaxle 13 which has wheels 14 fixed on the ends thereof exteriorly bracket11.

Carried by the bracket 12 is an axle structure 15 which has wheels 16fixed thereto at the ends thereof disposed extraneous the dependingportions of the bracket 12 and a crank portion 17 is formed atsubstantially the mid-point in the extent of the axle 15, the utility ofwhich will be set forth hereinafter.

Mounted on the upper side of the platform 10 is a member 18 which hasthe surfaces thereof so decorated that, in the present instance, thismember 18 simulates a house. Formed to extend horizontally through themember 18 from the forward end thereof to a point adjacent the rear endis a slot 19. Dis? posed in this slot 19 is a figure which is indicatedby 20 and which inthe present instance represents a dog. The dog isarranged so of the depending portions of the that the major portion ofthe body thereof is disposed interiorly of the slot 19 but so that thehead 21 and the portion representing the fore paws 22 will be disposedextraneous the member 18. The fore paws 22 rest on the upper surface ofthe platform 10. i

As has been stated hereinbefore it is desirable that the figure be soarranged that it will be reciprocated relative to the member mountedupon the platform 10 and this is accomplishedinthefollowingmanner.Aslot-23 is formed in the platform 10 in the portion thereof disposedbelow the slot 19 so that the slots 19 and 28 will be in communication.A link 24 extends from the crank 17 through the slot 23 and is pivotallyconnected as indicated at 25 to the rear limb portions of the dog 20.Attached to the forward end of the platform 10 is a cord structure 26.When the cord structure 26 is acted upon to pull the platform 10 acrossa surface on the the neck portion of the figure 20 and extend a chain 28between this collar member and the housing 18.

In Fig. 5 I have depicted a modified form of construction. In thisinstance I connect a link 29 to the crank 17. On the platform 10interiorly 0f the slot 19 I provide a lug structure 30 and the link 31has an intermediate portion pivotally connected to this lug structure80. One end of the link 31 is extended through a slot 32 in the platform10 and is pivotally connected to the free end of the link 29 asindicated at 33. The other end of the link 31 is pivotally connected tothe rear end of the figure 20 as indicated at 34. It is apparent thatwhen movement is imparted to the axle 15 in a manner hereintofore setforth that the figure 20 will be reciprocated in and out of the slot 19relative to the member 18.

It is apparent from the foregoing description that I have provided a toywhich will have a figure associated therewith that will be arranged tobe reciprocated into and out of a member mounted on the toy as the sameis moved over a surface. The arrangement is such that a very pleasingeffect will be obtain-ed.

IVhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification, without departing from the spirit of'theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise 1'details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scopeof the appendedclaim. I

Having thus described my'invention what 1 I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

In a toy, an elongated relativelynarrow platform having a slot thereinextending vertically therethrough adjacent the rear of said platform,wheel bearing axle structures secured at oposit-e ends of said platformto support said platform, the rear axle structure having a crankprovided therein, a relatively narrow block mounted on said platform toextend at right angles upwardly therefrom, said block having a slottherein opening toward the front thereof and toward the front of saidplatform and extending rearwardly to the portion providing the rear wallof said block, said block being decorated to represent a house, a figurerepresenting a dog hav ing the body portion thereof arranged in saidslot in said block and having. the head and foreleg portions thereofarranged to extendout ofsa-id last-named slot and forward ly of saidhouse, said foreleg portions being rested on said platform' and adaptedfor slidable movement thereover, the rear leg portions of said figurebeing disposed to CLARE A. VVETZELL.

